Archive for: September, 2007

RANGER-LED HIKE PLANNED IN CATALOOCHEE

RANGER-LED HIKE PLANNED IN CATALOOCHEE

Great Smoky Mountains National Park is offering a guided hike in Cataloochee, a scenic mountain valley encompassing historic farmsteads, on Saturday, October 13, beginning at 10 a.m.     A 5-mile round-trip hike on the Little...

 

Boys Scouts annual chili supper

Boys Scouts annual chili supper

Boys Scouts Troop 585 will serve a Chili supper this month to raise funds. Troop 585 has been serving up Chili Super fundraiser's for about eight years. The money is normally used for the boy's to participate in activities such as summer...

 

TENNESSEE RECEIVES $1.4 MILLION IN EMERGENCY HEATING ASSISTANCE

NASHVILLE –The Tennessee Department of Human Services was recently awarded more than one million dollars for the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP).   The emergency aid for heating assistance was approved by Congress...

 

OCTOBER IS FIRE PREVENTION MONTH

OCTOBER IS FIRE PREVENTION MONTH

Nashville, TN–The State Fire Marshal's Office reminds Tennesseans that preparing for a home fire in advance greatly increases a family's chance of survival. That means having an escape plan and practicing it. Fire death is a serious...

 

Police Search For Suspect In Reported Bank Robbery

Police Search For Suspect In Reported Bank Robbery

The Sevierville Police Department (SPD) is searching for a man suspected of robbing Sevier County Bank, 374 Forks of the River Parkway, at approximately 4:07PM today, Friday, September 28, 2007. Witnesses described the suspect as a white male,...

 

Vols receiving trio holding its own

Tennessee’s projected top three wide receivers for 2007 did not enter this season with a great deal of experience. In fact, Lucas Taylor, Austin Rogers and Josh Briscoe owned a combined total of just 29 catches for 321 yards and one touchdown...

 

Car runs off 60′ embankment

Car runs off 60′ embankment

A car ran off a steep embankment Thursday afternoon seriously injuring the sole female occupant of the vehicle. The driver was in the wreck for five hours before being discovered. The Seymour Volunteer Fire Department was dispatched to 1410...

 

Volunteer Tennessee Hosts AmeriCorps Grant Funding

Volunteer Tennessee, a Governor-appointed commission that encourages volunteerism and community service, will be hosting a series of AmeriCorps grant information sessions from Oct. 10-19. The purpose of the sessions is to educate potential...

 

Omni Visions Launches Online Program to Help Improve Special Needs Adoptions

Omni Visions Launches Online Program to Help Improve Special Needs Adoptions

  KNOXVILLE, Tenn.- According to the Tennessee Department of Children's Services (DCS), there are more than 900 children awaiting adoption in the state of Tennessee. The children come from all walks of life, each characterized best...

 

Senator Finney & State Representative Richard Montgomery to honor students

Senator Finney & State Representative Richard Montgomery to honor students

The Seymour High School Choral Department will be recognized at the SHS football game on Friday, Oct. 5, 2007 at approximately 7:15.  Through the efforts of Senator Raymond Finney, a Joint Resolution was recently passed by the Tennessee...

 

August 2007 county unemployment rates

Tennessee's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for August 2007, released last week, decreased from the July rate of 4.1 percent to 4.0 percent, a decrease of 0.1 percent.  The United States rate was 4.6 percent for August, and remained...

 

Crews suspended indefinitely

Tennessee basketball coach Bruce Pearl suspended starting forward Duke Crews indefinitely for violating team rules just over a month away from the official start of the 2007/2008 season. Crews, who started in 18 games for the Vols last year...

 

Vehicle apparently rolls over man, resulting in his Death

The Sevierville Police (SPD) and Fire Departments responded to a report of a man being injured by a moving vehicle at approximately 3:20PM this afternoon, Wednesday, September 26, 2007. The accident occurred on Hawk Hollow Drive in Sevierville.According...

 

Sevier County Deputies capture jail escapee

Sevier County Deputies capture jail escapee

Sevier County Sheriff's Deputies arrested a fugitive from Georgia at a home on Centerview Road on Tuesday night Sept. 25th at approximately 11:15PM.  According to Sevier Co. Sheriff Ron Seals, officers arrested Cindy M. Timms age 34...

 

Farm bill signup underway—eligible tennessee landowners qualify for 50-90% costshare funds

Tennessee landowners who want to improve their land may qualify for cost-share assistance from the USDA's Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS). NRCS has begun sign-up for the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP). ...

 

Public invited to tag butterflys

Public invited to tag butterflys

(Great Smoky Mountains) ¬ Great Smoky Mountains Institute at Tremont is once again looking for volunteers to help net, tag, and release Monarch butterflies in Cades Cove this October. Tremont is working with local naturalist Wanda DeWaard...

 

New Restaurant in South Knox attract stars

New Restaurant in South Knox attract stars

IHOP restaurants, one of America's favorite restaurant chains, has opened their doors in the Lowe's Shopping Center on Chapman Highway, a mere three miles from the Sevier County line.A family style restaurant which feature moderately...

 

New Restaruent in S Knox attract stars

New Restaruent in S Knox attract stars

IHOP restaurants, one of America's favorite restaurant chains, has opened their doors in the Lowe's Shopping Center on Chapman Highway, a mere three miles from the Sevier County line. A family style restaurant which feature moderately...

 

Seymour Intermediate School announce “Students of the Month”

Seymour Intermediate School announce “Students of the Month”

Seymour Intermediate School would like to announce the "Students of the Month" for September 2007.  Congratulations to the following students for achieving this status! Keep up the good work!!! … read the rest of the...

 

It shouldn’t hurt to be a child!

It shouldn’t hurt to be a child!

The Safe Harbor Child Advocacy Center is co-sponsoring a FREE public forum on issues facing children in Tennessee's Fourth Judicial District.  The forum will be moderated by Lori Tucker of WATE-TV 6 and is open to anyone with...